Loose handle for vessels.



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No. 870,839. PATBNTED NOV. 12, 1907 v L. A. PETERSON.

LOOSE HANDLE FOR VBSSELS.

APPLIOATIOH FILED JAN. 10. 1907.

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LARS AUGUST PETERSON, OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.

LOOSE -HANDLE FOR VESSELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1907.

Application filed January 10. 1907. Serial No. 351.670.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LARS AUGUST PETERSON, a citizen oi the Kingdom of Sweden, residing at Vikingagatan, 12, in the city of Stockholm, Sweden, have invented a new and useful Loose Handle for Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

This patent covers a loose handle for vessels and preferably for vessels having a contracted mouth, such as spittoons and the like. The handle isso constructed that it can be applied and detached in a moment, and when applied it forms together with the, vessel a rigid whole, so that the vessel can be lifted, carried, turned up down (emptied), flushed, and so on without touching the vessel itself. N o projections or notches of any kind are necessary on the vessel when the latter has contracted mouth as the handle simply engages the inner edge of such mouth and so is prevented from sliding ofi.

The handle may consist of a wire, strip of metal or the like bent into the'form of a bow or loop or otherwise, and having transverse end-piece or end-pieces adapted to enter the mouth of the vessel, when the handle is bent together, and adapted to be pressed against the inside of thelvessel by means of the spring tension of said handle.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view and Fig. 2 a plan view of a vessel with contracted mouth and loose handle applied in said vessel. Figs. 1 2 and 3 are side view, plan view, and end view of a modified form of the handle. Fig. 4 is a detail.

In the example shown the handle 1 consists of a single piece of wire, one end of which is bent so as to form a cross-piece 3, while the other end simply forms a hook 2 (instead of a cross-piece). The intermediate partv be tween 2 and 3 may form a simple bow as in Figs. 1 and 2 or may be twisted so as to form a loop 5 projecting backwards and adapted to serve as the proper handle or it may have any other suitable form. The distance between the cross piece 3 and hook 2 should be so measured, that the wire must be bent together against the spring tension for admitting oi the hooked end 2 being inserted in the vessel, when the cross piece 3 is previously inserted. The spring tension oiwire 1 then will press the ends of cross piece 3 and the hook 2 against the inside of the vessel, so as to form with it a rigid whole, that can be conveniently turned over, flushed etc. by seizing the handle. The vessel owing to its contracted mouth is unable to slide off, until the wire is bent together again so as to release the hook 2 from the edge 4 of the vessel. I

The rigid connection between vessel and handle is effected essentially by the cross piece 3, which prevents the handle from being turned with regard to the vessel.

It is obvious that this handle may be used also for vessels without contracted mouth, provided that the vessel has an outer rim or the like adapted to cooperate with the handle.

The ends of the crosspiece (or cross pieces) and the hook may be formed so as to be adapted to grasp the rim or edge of the vessel. Such a modification is indicated by dotted lines at a, b, and c in Figs. 1 2 and 3 and a part of it by lull lines in Fig. 4 the ends of cross piece 3 forming hooks b, c, which as also the hook a are formed so as to grasp the inward edge l of the vessel.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A loose handle for vessels comprising a single piece of wire with one end bent into the shape of a hook to engage the rim of a vessel and with the other end bent into a cross-piece adapted to engage said rim at points outside of the middle line drawn from the hook through the vessel.

2. A loose handle for vessels consisting of a single con tinuous piece of wire having one and bent into a hook and the other end to a cross-piece, the intermediate part forming a spring connection substantially as describedv A loose handle for vessels consisting of a single con tinuous piece of wire having one end bent into a hook and the other end to a cross-piece the intermediate part being suitably bent so as to form a proper handle.

4. A loose handle for vessels consisting of a single continuous piece of wire bent so as to form a cross-piece at one end and a hook at the other end with resilient connectmy; part, said hook and the ends of said cross-piece being properly bent to grasp the inner rim of a vessel.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. LARS AUGUST PETERSON. Witnesses CARL FRIBERG, B. WYMAN. 

